epw005021 ENGLAND (1920). Trencherfield Mills, Wigan, 1920

Trencherfield Mill

Terminal Building Wigan Pier built over the canal with loading for narrowboats under the two arches.

Wigan Northwestern Railway Station

St. Thomas Street

Chapel Street

Hodson Street

Crown Street

Swan Meadow Road

Wallgate

Lock, dry dock, and boatyard. The locks and the dry dock are still there - but the boatyard site is now offices.

St Joseph's RC Church, closed, but still standing.

St Thomas CofE Church, demolished 1973.

This house built in 1851 has according to the census been occupied by canal company employees and Trencherfield Mill managers and was my home from 1941 until 1956 when along with my parents we moved into a brand new council house.In the background along the wall can be seen rabbit hutches which I think were built by my Grandfather who was a master carpenter and worked for the Leeds and Liverpool Canal Comp. To the right of the hutches is an outside dry toilet. On a cold winters night a candle was the only form of light and newspaper, well I'll leave that to your imagination. Geese and chickens were housed towards the top end of the yard.The house has been renovated in the last five years and the photograh attached was taken from the yard looking towards the back door.